Moghalu, others join OMFIF as advisers

OMFIF has appointed Franco Bassanini, Chairman of Italy’s largest development bank, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, to its Advisory Board.

He was a member of the Italian parliament from 1979 to 2006, and served as Italian Cabinet Minister for Public Administration and Regional Affairs (1996-98), Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister’s Office (1998-99), and Cabinet Minister for Public Administration (1999-2001).

He is president of the Long Term Investors Club, a grouping of 15 public sector financial organisations from around the world with a balance sheet of $3.2trillion and also president of Astrid Foundation, an Italian think tank.

He has written 18 books and numerous articles on law and political science.

Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu

Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu is a member of the Banking Panel of the Advisory Board.

He was Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from 2009-14. He led reforms to enhance financial stability and manage systemic risk to Nigeria’s banking system.

Moghalu worked for the United Nations for 17 years, becoming a Director.

He is the author of Emerging Africa: How the global economy’s ‘last frontier’ can prosper and matter.

Lord Andrew Adonis

Lord Andrew Adonis has joined the Capital Markets Panel of the Advisory Board.

He is a reformer, writer and Labour peer who was minister for schools and transport secretary under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Adonis began his career as a journalist before joining Blair’s policy staff in 1998. He sits in the House of Lords as the shadow infrastructure minister.